A major collective impact initiative by many institutions in Newark, Hire.Buy.Live.Newark was created to dramatically reduce poverty and unemployment and strengthen the city's economy by 2020. Organizations and individuals across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in Newark participating in the initiative committed to employing more Newarkers and increasing procurement of goods and services from Newark-based businesses.

Rutgers University Newark and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Services joined this effort in 2017. Read more about their collective efforts and learn about examples of their work towards this goal.